LHS puts on impressive Patriotic Concert ahead of November 11 Veterans' Day

Saturday, November 9, 2013 - 12:03pm

Navy Capt. Gregory Keithley was an honored guest at the annual Lemoore High School Patriotic Concert.

A packed bleachers greeted the annual Lemoore High School Patriotic Concert Wednesday night in the school’s massive Event Center. Members of the Lemoore Tiger Band, Drama Department, Choir, and NJROTC put on an impressive show for the packed house to celebrate the upcoming Veteran's Day.

Band Director Shawn McElhaney leads the Tiger band.

Patriotic Concert goers were treated to impressive displays of marching from crack NJROTC units, rousing renditions off patriotic band classics like “You’re Grand Old Flag,” as well as a stirring rendition of “God of our Fathers.”

The choir put on an impressive show as well singing “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” and “I’ll Be Seeing You,” as well as the familiar “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree.”

Guests of honor were Navy Capt. Gregory Keithley, Commander of the Navy’s Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Capt. Cynthia Gantt, commanding officer of the Naval Air Station Hospital.

The show ended with a beautiful version of “America the Beautiful” and “Taps,” played by band director Shawn McElhaney.